Research Guides: Medieval History: Primary Sources

What are Primary Sources?

A primary source is a source of information, such as document, recording, or artifact, that has a direct connection to a person from a period of time. Examples of primary documents are correspondence, diaries, memoirs or oral interviews.

A secondary source uses primary sources to create their argument. Examples of secondary sources are books or journal articles.

Bibliographies and Indexes

Bibliography on Medieval Women, Gender and Medicine
From Monica Green, Arizona State University, 1980-2009
Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
**Please copy and paste this URL into a new window as we cannot direct link to non https:// sites** http://inpress.lib.uiowa.edu/feminae/Default.aspx

Index (collection of citations) of journals, essays and other topics concerning women, sexuality and gender in the Middle Ages.

General Collections

The Labyrinth
Searchable collection of translated medieval primary documents.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
Collection of medieval primary documents from Fordham University.
Medieval Studies Research Guide
From Yale University, a collection of sites that contain primary sources, images and other virtual versions of medieval history.
Online Medieval & Classical Library
Browseable collection of literary works from the Classical and Medieval periods in English translation.
NetSerf.org: Legal information
Collection of sources in ancient and medieval law.
NetSerf.org: Economic Information
Similar to legal documents, this collection highlights medieval and ancient documents concerning economics.

Online Manuscripts

Digital Scriptorium
Hosted by Columbia University Libraries, the Scriptorium is an image database of medieval and renaissance manuscripts.
Early Manuscripts at Oxford University
Image and indexing of early manuscripts (9th to the 19th centuries) from Oxford University.
Manuscripta Mediaevalia
Collection of digitized manuscripts from Germany.
Cambridge University: Life of King Edward the Confessor
Digitized copy of the illustrated Anglo-Norman verse Life of St Edward the Confessor (later 1230s or early 1240s).
Bodleian Library, Oxford University: Western Manuscripts
Collection of manuscripts from the 11th - 17th centuries.
Abby of St. Gall Virtual Library
A virtual library of 400 manuscripts from the Abby Library of St. Gall, which has one of the oldest and largest manuscript collections in the world.
Medieval Manuscripts in Dutch Collections
Collection of medieval western manuscripts until c. 1550. Highlights include a psalter from English Royal Libraries and the Utrecht Psalter.
CANTUS: Latin Ecclesiastical Chant
Database of Latin ecclesiastical chants from medieval manuscripts.
Thesaurus Musicarum Latinarum
Collection of Latin music theory written during Middle Ages and Renaissance periods.

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